Finnish cinema is closely associated with Aki Kaurismäki, whose deadpan minimalism earned the country a devoted international following, and The Match Factory Girl is a fine example of his pared-back, quietly devastating style. Finland has also produced serious war epics, with Unknown Soldier standing as a landmark reckoning with the Winter and Continuation Wars. Have a browse through Macca's Finnish reviews below.
Rating: 3.5★
There's a moment early in Ariel when our newly unemployed protagonist, handed a convertible and precious little else by a despairing colleague, simply points the car south and drives. No grand speech, no swelling music. Just a man and a road and the vague hope that Helsinki might
Rating: 2.0★
I must be missing the memo. Fallen Leaves has been hailed all over the place as some sort of triumphant return to form, a festival darling showered with praise, and I sat there watching it wondering what on earth everyone else was seeing that I wasn't. Strip away
Rating: 2.5★
There is a very specific moment early in Crumbs where a supposed alien artefact is dramatically revealed, and I'm fairly certain it's just a repainted plastic water pistol. I couldn't tell you whether Miguel Llansó intended that as a joke, a statement, or simply
Genre Drama
★★★ — The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Genre Documentary
★★★ — It's Not Silence (2018)
Genre War
★★½ — Unknown Soldier (2017)
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